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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2002
Michael Wayne Zubeck, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A valve timing system for an internal combustion engine having a roller finger follower assembly including a lash adjustment mechanism. The roller finger follower assembly includes a base arm and a roller carriage that may be assembled to each other in a range of positions. The roller carriage supports a camshaft contact roller that may be moved by an adjustment mechanism to cause the camshaft contact roller to be contacted by the lobe of a camshaft in a range of angular relationships. The roller finger follower assembly includes a lash pin having a central section that is contoured to provide a secondary lash adjustment.
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